Nintendo has announced that Namco Bandai will be taking the helm on the next Super Smash Bros. Game.
The game is being developed for the 3DS and the Wii and is being co-developed by Nintendo and Namco Bandai.
Masaya Kobayashi, producer at Namco Bandai, has said he has put together a “never-before-seen dream team for this project”, which includes key designers, artists and audio developers who have worked on game series such as Mobile Suit Gundam and SoulCalibur.
The main development staff from the Tekken fighting series has also been recruited to the team.
While the team has been put together, the release date is some time off. Masahiro Sakurai, director of the Smash Bros. Series has stated that the team will “stay quiet until I have something solid to show you.”
“The project has just gotten started. Bear in mind that not only are we developing two titles simultaneously, but we announced the project before we even started actual development, so I’m afraid we will likely have to keep you waiting for quite a while,” he added.
(Via CVG)